Formation of users and producers
Users and citizens often need to play a part in the design and implementation of new systems. They may require new skills and approaches (what the French term ‘formation’) as may professionals and managers. This is evident in many of the examples listed above – such as personalised health care which requires patients to become more expert in monitoring and managing their own conditions, and health professionals to expand their skills of personal support.
Innovation academies
Innovation academies embodying new principles for training, action research and formation. Examples include the College of Health and Forum for the Future. Mondragon University and Centro...
Read moreMutual help and mentoring by users
The tradition of voluntary coaching (in sports clubs or the arts for example) is being extended to education, to care of the elderly, and to those...
Read moreEngaging citizens in whole system change processes
In Karelia, Finland, for example, citizens played a critical role in re-designing the public health system. They launched a petition in 1972 to get help to...
Read moreSupport for new patterns of power and responsibility
Support for new patterns of power and responsibility, for example for self-care for chronic disease combining rich data feedback and support structures which help patients understand...
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